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WHAT IS SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES?

WHAT
IS SPEAKING IN TONGUES?

What does speaking in other tongues or in an unknown
tongue mean? In other words, is what we see and hear Christians do and speak in many
Pentecostal and Charismatic churches of today the speaking in tongues
found in the Bible in the early church?

Now
I can not say what is happening in ALL churches all over the world and neither can
anyone else for no one has ever attended each and every single church
in the entire world. Perhaps there may be some who have attended each
and every DENOMINATION, but not every church in each and every denomination
teaches the exact same things, so it is impossible to say that ALL
churches who speak in tongues today is OF the DEVIL and NOT of God as some
dogmatically demand in their ignorance whereby they are in danger of
hell fire for BLASPHEMING the Holy Spirit.

I
say this with STERN WARNING, because of the words of Jesus warning the Jews, who falsely
accused him of casting out devils by the power of the devil and NOT
BELIEVING that Jesus did the works he did THROUGH the eternal Holy
Spirit of Almighty God who dwelt in him. Please read Matthew 12:22-32
along with Mark 3:22-30, but I will only quote the last two verses, because Matthew and Mark are saying the same thing but a little differently in the last two verses.

“Then was
brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he
healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke
and saw.

23. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is
not this the son of David?

24. But when the Pharisees heard it, they said,
This fellow does not cast out devils, but BY Beelzebub the prince of
the devils.

25. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto
them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation;
and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

26. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided
against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

27. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by
whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your
judges.

28. But if I cast out devils BY the Spirit of
God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

29. Or else how can one enter into a strong man's
house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and
then he will spoil his house.

30. He that is NOT WITH me is AGAINST me; and he
that gathers not WITH me scatters abroad. (In
other words, if what one teaches is NOT in line WITH the teachings of
Jesus and the NEW Testament teachings taught to the disciples of
Jesus, then those teachings are AGAINST Jesus and the TRUTH of
the whole word of Almighty God the Father himself.)

31. Wherefore I
say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the BLASPHEMY against the
Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

32. And whosoever speaks a word against the Son
of man, it shall be forgiven him: BUT whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost,(which is Almighty God the Father himself who was doing the casting out of devils DWELLING IN his Son) it shall NOT be forgiven
him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.”

Now read Mark 3:29,30 which sheds a little more light on what NOT EVER FORGIVEN for BLASPHEMING the Holy Spirit means.

“But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

30. Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.”

Here in these verses we learn that those who BLASPHEME the Holy Spirit are in danger of ETERNAL DAMNATION, which is the SECOND death of being cast into the lake of fire on the day of JUDGMENT. So for ME, I myself will NOT never JUDGE a fellow Christian and say that they are OF the DEVIL and NOT of God, when they speak in other tongues, for the Bible ITSELF clearly, and
plainly teaches us that it is the Holy Spirit who gives the UTTERANCE
or the words for Christians to speak when they are filled with the
Holy Spirit. Therefore to teaches that ALL speaking of other tongues in the church today is OF the DEVIL and NOT of God is saying exacting what verse 30 is teaching us NOT to do, because saying that the Christians who speak in tongues have an UNCLEAN spirit who is giving them the utterance of other tongues is to BLASPHEME Almighty God the Father HIMSELF who dwells IN these Christians who are speaking in other tongues AS the HOLY SPIRIT is GIVING them the utterances of these unknown tongues.

Please read Acts 2:4, which leaves NO doubt to ME that
it is the Holy Spirit who gives the UTTERANCE of speaking in other
tongues to Christians who are filled with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:4.

“And they were
all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to SPEAK with
OTHER TONGUES, AS the SPIRIT GAVE then UTTERANCE.”

The utterance here is
speaking of the words to speak that are UNKNOWN words to those Christians being FILLED with the holy Spirit who are speaking these utterances of OTHER TONGUES that the Holy Spirit himself GIVES to them to speak. And the words "OTHER tongues" means the
word of another language that the believer does not know but yet
speaks as if they do know this other language. What I mean by this is
that the Christian who is SPEAKING in this other language that he of
she does NOT know or understand that another person MAY know and
understand what they are saying, BECAUSE it is their language or they
have learn that language. I say MAY because sometimes particularly IN the church service the OTHER TONGUES that are spoken are languages of MEN being spoken TO men where someone IN the congregation will indeed UNDERSTAND this language being spoke TO THEM. However, NOT ALL speaking in other tongues are spoken to MEN, but rather they are spoken TO God which we will see in a moment from the Bible.

So then, speaking in other
tongues in the Bible means speaking in ANY OTHER language that the
believer who is filled with the Holy Spirit does NOT know or has NOT
learned by MAN, but rather that language is GIVEN to them to speak BY the
Holy Spirit HIMSELF and NOT by the devil as some FALSELY teach saying that
these Christians are just BABBLING making no sense whatsoever.

To this I say WHO are YOU
to say that BABBLING is NOT any language. Do you KNOW EVERY language
in the entire world? Do you KNOW every language of the ANGELS? Do you
KNOW how to speak ancient Hebrew, which some believe is God's
LANGUAGE and is really not known for sure as to the sound it gives
when spoken. I mean know one knows for sure even how to pronounce
God's name let alone speak HIS LANGUAGE fluently whether it be ancient Hebrew
or some OTHER TONGUE never known to mankind. So HOW do you know that
this BABBLING is not GOD'S language or a language of the ANGELS?

The Bible ITSELF teaches
us that those who speak in OTHER TONGUES speak unto God and NOT unto
MEN, but speak unto GOD himself in mysteries or divine secrets. So HOW do you KNOW that these BABBLING in OTHER TONGUES are NOT being spoken
unto God and NOT unto MEN?

Please read 1 Corinthians
14:2, which clearly and plainly teaches us in SIMPLICITY that when a Christian speaks in an unknown or other tongues that they do NOT
speak unto MEN, but rather they speak unto God in mysteries or is
secrets.

“For he that
speaks in an unknown tongue
speaks NOT unto MEN, but unto God:
for
NO
man
UNDERSTANDS
him; howbeit IN the SPIRIT
he speaks mysteries.”

Well if NO man can
possible UNDERSTAND this kind of OTHER TONGUES, then that means that
NOT ALL other tongues are HUMAN LANGUAGES seeing that NO man can
UNDERSTAND these UNKNOWN TONGUES spoken TO God and NOT to man in
mysteries or divine secrets as some Bibles translate these words.

I
have heard some Christians dogmatically demand that speaking is other
or unknown tongues is NOT for today and what we hear and see in
Pentecostal Charismatic tongue talking churches today is OF the DEVIL
and NOT of God, because THEY themselves cannot UNDERSTAND their BABBLING.

But
what what does the Bible ITSELF teach us about BABBLING or speaking
with STAMMERING lips? Please read Isaiah 28:9-12, which teaches us
that while we are speaking in other tongues and stammering or babbling
lips TO God and NOT unto MEN that Almighty God is TEACHING us or our spirits
revelation of his word or showing us things to come ro what he has need for us to pray and make intercession.

Isaiah 28:9-12.

“Whom shall he
(Almighty God)TEACH knowledge? And whom shall he make to UNDERSTAND
doctrine? THEM that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from
the breasts.

10. For precept must be upon precept, precept
upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and
there a little:

11. For WITH stammering lips(or
babbling) and ANOTHER TONGUE will he
speak to this people.

12. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith
you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the REFRESHING:
yet they would NOT hear.”

Yes
SOME Christian will NOT hear the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God, and
therefore they will have ERROR in what they teach NOT UNDERSTANDING
the doctrine that God himself teaches us through the Holy Spirit
DWELLING IN us and that every time we speak TO God in unknown tongues HE
speaks to us as well in our spirit. Our mind may be clueless as to
what we speak TO God and even at the time our minds may not
understand what God speaks to us, but our spirit knows and we gain
UNDERSTANDING of God's word.

Also just as a BABY babbles while LEARNING how to speak FLUENTLY as they GROW and keep on learning, so is it the same with SOME BABES in Jesus Christ. Some Christians when they are filled with the Holy Spirit speak FLUENTLY right away. Where other Christians take years before they mature past the "BABY" babbling in other tongues. Fro ME it was a week or more before ther babbling in other tongues became more fluent. And it was months later before I began to speak in KNOWN languages of MEN that I RECOGNIZED as Chinese, German, Russian, Spanish, but SOME languages I spoke for weeks without recognizing them as a HUMAN language. I remember one quite well THINKING in myself that it sounded SO ridiculous to ME that I almost believed the LIE of the devil to STOP speaking it. But by FAITH I kept praying in this absolutely ridiculously sounding language until I got that VICTORY that I will tell you more about at the end of this study in God's word. After experiencing that victory I never spoke in THAT language again even to this very day some forty years later. To make a long story short I was watching a national Geographic program about Australia and their were some native bushmen speaking in their own language and in an instant I RECOGNIZED it is that BABBLING language I had been speaking the past few weeks. God chose to REVEAL that language that to MY ear sounded ridiculous and my FLESH wanted to STOP praying in what seemed to be BABBLING to ME.

Satan was lying in my ear saying, you are just making those word up, you are just making baby jiberish, you are not praying in other, tongues. Nothing but constant thoughts of DOUBT being brought to me by the devil, but I stood fast BELIEVING God's word that he would NOT give me a SERPENT or evil spirit when I asked for his Holy Spirit. We will cover this verse shortly, but for now HOW do you KNOW that all tongues spoken in every church in the entire world is OF the DEVIL and NOT OF God? WHY do you dogmatically demand that ALL the gifts of the Holy Spirit have CEASED with the death of the last apostle John and or the completing of the NEW Testament? WHY do YOU FEAR yielding to Almighty God to receive such a POWERFUL and most beneficial GIFT that Jesus commanded his disciples to WAIT in Jerusalem until they were BAPTIZED with the Holy Spirit. And why do you DENY that speaking in OTHER TONGUES is NOT the sign or evidence given to us for us to KNOW that we and others have been BAPTIZED in the Holy Spirit as Jesus commands?

Many
of us know that when we have gone through a DROUGHT that RAIN is
REFRESHING. The Bible likens the early spring RAIN and the later fall
RAIN to the pouring out of the Holy Spirit a time of REFRESHING that we just read about in Isaiah 28:9-12. Israel hand gone some 400
years without hearing from God. So they were experiencing a DROUGHT
of God's WORD. Thus the EARLY rain spoken of in the Bible is speaking of the
Day of Pentecost and the LATER rain speaks of the SECOND coming of
Jesus when the REMNANT of Israel shall receive to pouring out of the
Holy Spirit upon them and the church experienced during the EARLY
rain of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. Also at the time of the outpouring of the LATER rain of the Holy Spirit the church will experience a REVIVAL of the EARLY rain of the Holy Spirit to those who ASK, SEEK and BELIEVE for this time of REFRESHING rain of the Holy Spirit in the latter days.

Let
us begin with Hosea 6:3.

“Then shall we
know, if we follow on to KNOW the LORD (NOT meaning just having knowledge of God, but rather INTIMATELY KNOWING God): his going forth is prepared
as the morning; and he shall come unto US (who are intimately KNOW God his holy Spirit will come upon) as the RAIN, as the latter AND former RAIN unto the earth.”

Again RAIN is a time of
REFRESHING so God coming to us is a time of REFRESHING likened to the
latter and the former RAIN or the latter and the early rain.

Now let us read Joel 2:23.

“Be glad then,
you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has
given you the former rain(speaking
of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost)
moderately, and he will cause to come down for you
the RAIN (speaking prophetically of the out pouring of teh Holy Spirit), the former rain, AND the latter rain in the
first month.”

The first month on the
Jewish calendar is in the spring of the year, which is our months of
March and April. This verse is speaking of a time of REFRESHING referring to both the FORMER and the latter RAIN, which again is prophesying of outpouring of the Holy
Spirit in the last days. The LAST days BEGAN with Jesus. read Hebrews 1:1 where were our taught that in days of old God spoke to man by his prophets but in these LAST DAYS has spoken unto us by his SON. So then from other verses in Joel and Hosea we know that the LATTER
rain will be poured out AT the second coming of Jesus where God will
pour out his Spirit upon the remnant of Israel at the coming of
Jesus. BUT this verse also speaks of a REVIVAL of the former
rain as well upon the CHURCH that was poured out on the Day of
Pentecost in the early church as the EARLY RAIN, which brought REFRESHING to those who BELIEVED that Jesus was indeed the one PROPHESIED to come.

Now some say that this REVIVAL of the
FORMER rain upon the CHURCH began at Azusa street on April 9, 1906,
the first month on the Jewish calendar, that began a REVIVAL that
lasted till 1915. This REVIVAL of God's people being FILLED with the
Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in OTHER TONGUES came to be
called the Pentecostal movement for obvious reasons of speaking in
OTHER TONGUES when Christians were filled with the Holy Spirit when the Day of PENTECOST had fully come. The meaning of the word Pentecost means the FIFTIETH day.

Please understand that this REVIVAL of being baptized with the Holy Spirit and speaking in other tongues in early 1909 is NOT to say
that there was not one single Christian from the time of the first
century church throughout ALL of church history who NEVER spoken in
other tongues UNTIL thus REVIVAL of the former rain in April of 1909. But rather what took place in the church on April 9th, 1909 was a time of REFRESHING, a time of
REVIVAL giving the church LIFE where it was slowly dying because of
dead religious ceremonial traditions of men. The people were HUNGER for MORE of God. You see dear child of God, there were Christians
who were ALREADY filled with the Holy Spirit who spoke in tongues before this
REVIVAL who were used by God to pray and intercede for the TRUTH of
God's word to be received and believed concerning being filled with
the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. There were other smaller revivals where people hunger for more of God were filled with his Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, who were praying for more revivals all over the world. It only takes a FEW who are willing to humble themselves and PRAY.

If you read about this
revival at Azusa street you will see that the first sermon Brother
William Seymour gave to those in the city Los Angeles California
where the revival began was NOT received, because what he taught went
against what THEIR own church DENOMINATION taught, which was that sanctification and being filled with the Holy Spirit were one and the
same experience. Here is a quote from an article written on the history of the
Azusa street revival.

“For
his first Sunday morning sermon Seymour boldly preached on the text
in Acts 2:4, preaching in no uncertain terms that ‘tongues’ were
the evidence of the true baptism with the Holy Spirit. Without this
‘evidence’ no one could claim that he or she had been baptized in
the Spirit. Unfortunately this was not part of the
accepted teachings of the holiness movement, which
generally taught that sanctification and the baptism with the Holy
Spirit were the same experience, an experience that most of them
claimed to have had. Seymour’s teaching was taken badly because
it challenged one of the most distinctive and cherished doctrines
of the holiness church.

The teaching
on tongues so upset Sister Julia W. Hutchins, who founded the church,
that when Seymour returned for the evening service he found the
doors padlocked. Fortunately Seymour had been hosted for lunch at
the home of Santa Fe Mission member, Mr. Edward Lee, who took pity on
this homeless and penniless preacher and offered him temporary
accommodation.”

Despite the fact that
Seymour in the beginning had no results in receiving the Holy Spirit for himself or any those he prayed for to receive the Holy Spirit, but he kept on teaching in FAITH being fully convinced he was teaching the
truth of God's word. He could see people were hungry to receive but
still no results. So he invited a lady minister, who was filled with
the Holy Spirit and spoke in other tongues from Houston, Texas where
he first heard of this teaching of tongues being the evidence of
being filled with the Holy Spirit. You see brother Seymour was like many other Christians who wrongly believed that they already received had ALL the Holy Spirit there was when they got saved. But then he was TAUGHT the TRUTH of God's word that there is what Jesus called the BAPTISM wit the Holy Spirit. Then AFTER brother Seymour saw this truth for himself he began preaching the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues as well. BUT not yet being filled with the Holy Spirit himself he had no success getting other filled. So he sent for someone he knew was filled with the Holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.

When she arrived that had
a ten day fast and prayer meeting. Here is what happened next.

“When
she arrived, Seymour announced a ten-day fast to receive the baptism
of the Holy Spirit. The entire group fasted and prayed through the
weekend. On the evening of Monday, April 9, 1906, before he left for
the Asberry home, Seymour stopped to pray with Edward Lee for a
healing. Lee, had, earlier, related a vision he had had the night
before in which the twelve apostles came to him and explained how to
speak in tongues. Lee then asked Seymour to pray with him to receive
the baptism with the Holy Spirit. They prayed together, and Lee
immediately received and began speaking in other tongues.
This was the first occasion of anyone receiving the baptism with
the Holy Spirit when Seymour prayed for them.

Rushing to the
meeting at the Asberry home, Seymour related what had just happened
to brother Lee to the packed meeting. Lee then lifted up his hands
and began to speak in other tongues. Spontaneous and passionate
prayer for the baptism with the Holy Spirit broke out throughout the
house. Soon their prayers were answered when “Seymour and seven
others fell to the floor in a religious ecstasy, speaking with other
tongues” as they received the Holy Spirit baptism.

Jennie Evans
Moore, who would one day become Seymour’s wife, began to play
beautiful music on an old upright piano, and to sing in what people
said was Hebrew. Up until this time she had never played the
piano, and although she never took a lesson, she was able to play the
instrument for the rest of her life. The phenomenon of tongues
and the dynamic message of a personal Pentecost was so exciting that
the next night even larger crowds gathered in the street in front of
the house to hear Seymour preach from a homemade pulpit on the front
porch.

News traveled
fast. They could hardly keep what had happened a secret neither did
they have any desire to do so. God came in great waves of power and
refreshing. The doors and windows were open and “they
shouted three days and nights. It was Easter season. The people came
from everywhere. By the next morning there was no way of getting near
the house. As people came in they would fall under God’s power; and
the whole city was stirred. They shouted until the
foundation of the house gave way, but no one was hurt.”

Meetings at
the Bonnie Brae house ran twenty-four hours a day for at least three
days. People reported falling under the power of God and receiving
the baptism with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of tongues while
listening to Seymour preach from across the street. Groups from every
culture and race began to find their way to 214, Bonnie Brae Street
desperately seeking for more of God.

The crowds
grew so large it became impossible to get close to the house, and the
press of people who tried to get into the house became so great that
the foundation collapsed, sending the front porch crashing into the
steep front yard. Miraculously, no one was hurt. Within one week it
became necessary to find a larger location to house the growing
numbers of seekers, hungry for God.”

This is when they moved to
Azusa
street. You can read the rest by clicking on the link, but for
now let us get back to the Holy Spirit being likened to the former
and the later RAIN. Please read Zechariah 10:1.

“ASK you of the
LORD RAIN in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make
bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in
the field.”

This is speaking primarily
to the Jews to ASK for God's Holy Spirit, but Jesus said the same
thing for us to ASK God for his Holy Spirit and he will NOT give us
something FALSE. We will cover these verses in a moment, but first I
want to go back to the prophet Joel 2:28-32, which is the CONTEXT of
Joel 3:23 that we just read above about the former and later RAIN be
likened to the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, but I will quote it
again.

Joel 2:23,28-32.

“23. Be glad
then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he
has given you the FORMER RAIN moderately, and he will cause to come
down for you the rain, the former rain, AND the latter rain in the
first month. …

...28. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I
will POUR OUT my SPIRIT upon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions:

29. And also upon the servants and upon the
handmaids in those days will I POUR OUT my SPIRIT. (Most
every Christian will agree that the FORMER RAIN of the Holy Spirit
was poured out on the Day of Pentecost recorded for us in the book of
Acts beginning at chapter 2:4. The rest of this two part prophecy
will be fulfilled in the very last of last days at the second coming of
Jesus.)

30. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in
the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

31. The sun shall
be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great
and the terrible day of the LORD come. (These
SIGNS in the SUN, and the MOON shall appear IMMEDIATELY AFTER the
time of Great tribulation and right BEFORE the great and notable day
of the Lord's WRATH poured out by his Son Jesus AT his second
coming.)

32. And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall
be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the LORD has said, and in the REMNANT whom the LORD
shall call.”

This verse is speaking of
two things. First it is speaking of the age of the CHURCH calling
upon Jesus to be saved and given ETERNAL LIFE AT the second coming of
Jesus. Secondly it is speaking of ALL who call upon God to save them
when the SEE Jesus coming in WRATH, which will be TOO LATE for them
to be saved, IN THAT, they will receive ETERNAL LIFE at the second
coming of Jesus, because the RAPTURE of the CHURCH will have already
taken place just MOMENTS before. So they will be saved, in that, they
will be saved ALIVE to go into the 1000 year reign of Jesus in the
MORTAL bodies. So YOU want to call upon Jesus NOW before it is too
late to receive eternal life AT the second coming of Jesus.

Let us now go to Acts
chapter 2 and read the entire CONTEXT of the FULFILLMENT of Joel
2:28,29.

Acts 2:1-43.

“And when the
day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place. (Jesus
told his disciples to wait in Jerusalem UNTIL they be ENDUED with
POWER from on high not many day hence. Jesus knew the scriptures and
knew that God would pour out his Spirit on
them on the feast of weeks or the feast of harvest, which was 50 days
long. Jesus had already been with them forty of those fifty days
showing himself alive risen from the dead.)

2. And suddenly
there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it
filled all the house where they were sitting.

3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues
like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4. And
they were ALL
FILLED with
the Holy Ghost, and began to SPEAK
with OTHER TONGUES,
AS the Spirit
GAVE them utterance.

5. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

6. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude
came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them
speak in his own language. (In
other words, when these Jews from every nation speaking DIFFERENT
languages, but also most likely understanding or at least recognizing
the language of the Galileans gather together to see and hear for
themselves these other Jews being speaking in OTHER TONGUES.)

7. And they were all amazed and marveled,
saying one to another, Behold,
are not ALL these which SPEAK Galileans?

8. And HOW HEAR we every man in our OWN tongue,
wherein we were born? (Now
this was a puzzle to me for a while, because how can 120 people speak
in all DIFFERENT languages at the same time and be UNDERSTOOD by
anyone? I mean is a large crowd of people when EVERYONE is speaking
the SAME language at the same time it is hard to make out anything
that is being said. So I understand this verse to be saying that they
ALL spoke in the SAME OTHER TONGUE while the hearers heard this
UNKNOWN language in their OWN tongue. I am NOT dogmatic on this
interpretation, but for ME it makes sense. I can also see that they
all spoken in KNOWN tongues of the known world and people all over the
know world who were there did indeed hear them in their OWN language
wondering how these men and women ALL being Galileans spoke is SO
MANY different languages. This interpretation would require them to
RECOGNIZE at least, but not necessarily understand these many other
languages. I am sure they all had one COMMON language in which to
communicate to each other being from all over from every nation all
gathered together that day in Jerusalem. No one knows for sure, because the Bible does not say. It may be that ALL teh 120 spoke ALL the different languages on right after the other. OR it may be that SOME spoke one language, while some spoke another language while yet others spoke ye another language until all 16 or 17 languages listed in the next two verse were spoken. OR again ONE unknown language was spoken and all HEARD that ONE language in their OWN tongue.)

9. Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the
dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus,
and Asia,

10. Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the
parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and
proselytes,

11. Cretes and
Arabians, we do HEAR them speak in OUR tongues the wonderful works of
God.(So
then, from these 16 or 17 countries there were Jews speaking the
native language from each of these countries, who no doubt recognized
each of the languages and knew that the 120 who were SPEAKING were ALL
Galileans who would not know all these different
languages that these Jews from all the known world over HEARD them speak in their OWN native language. Again this
could mean that each of the 120 filled with the Holy Spirit spoke in
one or more of these 16 or 17 different tongues not of their native
language. OR they all spoke in one unknown tongue and they who heard this one unknown language being spoken all
HEARD it in their OWN language. Either way
whatever took place the 120 who were SPEAKING did not KNOW that language that
they were speaking.)

12. And they were
all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What means
this?

13. Others MOCKING said, These men are full of
new wine. (or they
are DRUNK)

14. But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
lifted up his voice, and said unto them, You men of Judea, and all
you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to
my words:

15. For
these are NOT
drunken, as
you SUPPOSE,
seeing it is but the third hour of the day. (So then, it appears that those speaking in other tongues LOOKED s IF the were DRUNK. I mean to me it does not seem reasonable to MOCK someone simple because they are speaking ANOTHER language which you know is not their OWN language. So LOGICALLY it would appear that the 120 on the Day of Pentecost may have sounded like BABBLING to some who were hearing them speak in other tongues and falling down like men who were DRUNK. But Peter boldly said that they were NOT drunk as those witnessing this event SUPPOSED.)

16. But this is that which was spoken by the
prophet Joel;

17. And it shall come to pass in the last days,
said God, I will POUR OUT of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men
shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

18. And on my servants and on my handmaidens I
will POUR OUT in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

19. And I will show wonders in heaven above, and
signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:

20. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and
the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord
come: (See Mathew
24:29-31 as to WHEN then SIGNS in the SUN, MOON, the STARS, and in
the HEAVENS shall appear.)

21. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

22. You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you BY miracles and
wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you,
as you yourselves also know:

23. Him, being delivered by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands
have crucified and slain:

24. Whom God has raised up, having loosed the
pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden
of it.

25. For David speaks concerning him, I
foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand,
that I should not be moved:

27. Because you will not leave my soul in hell,
neither will you suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

28. You have made KNOWN to me the ways of life;
you shall make me full of joy with your countenance. (Jesus
knew the scripture spoke of him, because God taught him morning by
morning opening his eyes to the scriptures.)

29. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto
you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
sepulcher is with us unto this day.

30. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that
God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his
throne;

31. He seeing this before spoke of the
resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither
his flesh did see corruption.

32. This Jesus has
God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

33. Therefore being by the right hand of God
EXALTED, and having received of the Father the promise
of the Holy Ghost, he has shed forth this, which you now see and
hear.

34. For David is not ascended into the heavens:
but he said himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit you on my right
hand,

35. Until I make your foes your footstool.

36. Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, whom you have
crucified, both Lord and Christ.

37. Now when they HEARD this, they were pricked
in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles,
Men and brethren, WHAT SHALL
WE DO?

38. Then Peter said unto them, REPENT (of
your sins), and BE BAPTIZED (in
water by submersion) every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and
you SHALL
RECEIVE the
GIFT of the
Holy Ghost.

39. For the PROMISE is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our
God shall call. (Which
should be understood as WHSOEVER answers God's call by BELIEVING on
his Son Jesus is this PROMISE of RECEIVING the Holy Spirit given)

40. And with many other words did he testify and
exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

41. Then they that gladly RECEIVED his word were
BAPTIZED: and the same day there were added unto them about three
thousand souls.

42. And they continued steadfastly in the
apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in
prayers.

43. And fear came upon every soul: and many
wonders and signs were done by the apostles.”

Now while this passage of
scripture does not specifically say that these three thousand new
Christians were FILLED with the Holy Spirit and spoke in other
tongues it should be understood the Peter was NOT a liar being FILLED
with the Holy Spirit himself at the time he spoke this sermon where
three thousand souls were added that one day witnessing the original
120 believers being FILLED with the Holy Spirit and SPEAKING in OTHER
TONGUES that they heard in the OWN language understanding their words
speaking of the marvelous wonderful works of God. For Peter spoke the TRUTH and did NOT LIE when he said that this PROMISE of being filled with the Holy Spirit is unto YOU your family and to as many as the Lord God shall CALL, which is the WHOLE human race. But ONLY THOSE who ANSWER God's call of the gospel to be saved will be able to RECEIVE the INDWELLING of the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit will NOT DWELL in an UNCLEAN temple. You see, those JEWS who witnesses this event did NOT receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit UNTIL they believed on Jesus. Again Peter was speaking about RECEIVING this GIFT of the Holy Spirit that is PROMISED to all who BELIEVE on Jesus so logically we can assumed that those hearing this sermon were EXPECTING to RECEIVE the GIFT of the Holy Spirit and SPEAK in other tongues like those they just WITNESSED.

Let us go through ALL the
passages of the scriptures where believers in Jesus RECEIVE the
INFILLING or the BAPTISM of the Holy Spirit to see if the EVIDENCE of speaking in
OTHER TONGUES was JUST for the Day of Pentecost.

Please read Acts 4:31
where we see the REFILLING of believers who have already been FILLED
on the Day of Pentecost speaking in other tongues being FILLED AGAIN. Which by the way is what the Bible ITSELF teaches us to do. Be you BEING filled or be you continually filled over and over again and again to STAY filled as much as possible.

“And when they
had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together;
and they were all FILLED with the Holy Ghost, and they spoke the word
of God with boldness.”

So one has to ask the
question HOW did they KNOW that they were FILLED with the Holy
Spirit. No one TODAY knows for sure, because the Bible does not specifically say that THESE particular believers SPOKE with other tongues being FILLED AGAIN. So LOGICALLY why would they NOT speak in other tongues AGAIN just like they did the FIRST time they were FILLED with the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. I mean THINK this through for YOURSELF. we KNOW without fail that these believers were ALREADY FILLED with the Holy Spirit withe the EVIDENCE of speaking in other tongues. So they ALREADY had the Holy Spirit. So LOGICALLY it does not make sense to even mention that these believers were FILLED AGAIN unless the writer of the book of Acts was teaching us the CONNECTION of being FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES.

ALSO those of you who HAVE FILLED with the Holy
Spirit who HAVE spoken in other tongues, then YOU have the personal experience and testimony that YOU speak in other tongues
EACH and EVERY TIME that you are FILLED AGAIN with the Holy Spirit can
TESTIFY that EVERY TIME we are FILLED with the Holy Spirit we SPEAK
in OTHER TONGUES. Now the reason that the writer says that they spoke with BOLDNESS is because that is what they were ASKING God to do, to give them BOLDNESS. You see dear child of God, when YOU KNOW something then at times you ASSUME that your listeners KNOW it as well so you are NOT going to repeat every little detail that SHOULD ALREADY be obvious. And it was OBVIOUS that when these believers were FILLED with the Holy Spirit that they SPOKEN with OTHER TONGUES so it SHOULD be OBVIOUS that when they were FILLED AGAIN that they AGAIN spoke in OTHER TONGUES.

Let us move on to the next
passage of scripture where we see believers filled with the Holy
Spirit. Please read Acts 7:54-60 where we see Stephen being
persecuted by the Jews who stone him to death being FULL of the Holy
Spirit.

“When they heard
these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on
him with their teeth.

55. But he, being FULL of the Holy Ghost, looked
up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing on the right hand of God,

56. And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened,
and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

57. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and
stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

58. And cast him out of the city, and stoned him:
and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet,
whose name was Saul.

60. And he knelt down, and cried with a loud
voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said
this, he fell asleep.”

So again HOW did those
standing by who were believers and eyewitnesses know that Stephen was
FULL of the Holy Spirit. Yes the knew he was filled with the Holy
Spirit, because he was one of those seven believers FULL of the Holy Spirit chosen to minister to the widows and many most likely heard him speak in other tongues, but how
did the now he was FULL of the Holy Spirit at this moment he was
being persecuted?

Again no one can say for
sure that Stephen spoke in other tongues while he was being inflicted with PAIN being persecuted for the sake of Jesus, because the Bible does not specifically say. BUT from my own
personal experience of being in GREAT PAIN from an injury and not from being persecuted for Jesus the Holy Spirit came upon
me and I spoke in OTHER TONGUES and the unbearable pain subsided to
become bearable. Stephen was obviously having PAIN inflicted upon him
and God not being a respecter of persons to ME no doubt FILLED
Stephen EMPOWERING him the endure the pain or possibly not feeling
ANY pain at all.

I heard heard testimonies
of other believers being completely delivered from ALL pain while
they were being persecuted and testimonies of those who witnessed
others believers being martyred even burning alive having NO PAIN praising God singing in OTHER TONGUES the
whole time while their flesh melted off of them.

Now those who heard on
the Day of Pentecost knew that the 120 SPOKE in OTHER TONGUES because
the heard them in the OWN language speak of the wonderful things of
God. So these believers being burned alive praising God may have been
speaking in OTHER TONGUES as well in their understanding also while those witnessing their death
heard them praising God in their OWN language. Other testimonies I have heard did not mention speaking in tongues but ONLY that they were NOT in pain being martyred. AGAIN it was common knowledge, so to speak, that believers BEING FILLED with the Holy Spirit spoke in other
tongues, but perhaps not common knowledge that God delivers some believers
from PAIN when being martyred for Jesus so they may have known they
spoke in other tongues, but chose only to testify of their NOT being
in pain when they were martyred. When something becomes COMMON knowledge to us then we only point out what is NOT commonly known.

Again no one of today knows for
sure, but as for ME I do KNOW that I myself have been filled with the
Holy Spirit while experiencing unbearable pain and I did indeed speak
in OTHER TONGUES right out in a public place for all to hear
believers and unbelievers who were present heard me speaking in a
language that was not my own. I was NOT TAUGHT to do this by MAN, but rather I felt to cry out to God in other tongues and his presence came upon me and the pain lessened so I could bear it.

Let us move on to the next
place in the book of Acts where new believers are baptized or filled
with the Holy Spirit.

Please read Acts 8:5-24

“Then Philip
went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

6. And the people with one accord gave heed unto
those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did.

7. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice,
came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with
palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

8. And there was great joy in that city.

9. But there was a certain man, called Simon,
which before time in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the
people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

10. To whom they all gave heed, from the least to
the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

11. And to him they had regard, because that of
long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

12. But when they
believed Philip preaching
the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus
Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.

13. Then Simon
himself believed also:
and when he was baptized,
he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and
signs which were done.

14. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had received the word of God, (or
that some in Samaria had BELIEVED on Jesus and were BAPTIZED in water by submersion in the name of Jesus) they
sent unto them Peter and John:

15. Who, when they were come down, prayed for
them, that they might RECEIVE the
Holy Ghost: (Now
Philip was a believer who was no doubt filled with the Holy Spirit so
WHY did he not pray for them to be FILLED with the Holy Spirit? We
are not told, but it is apparent that some Christians are given the
GIFT of laying on of hands and or praying for other believers to
receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. So this may be why Peter and
John were sent to pray for them. Or it may
be that Philip was led elsewhere by the Lord. Anyway for whatever reason Peter and John came to pray for them that they MIGHT RECEIVE the Holy Spirit)

16. (For as yet
he was fallen upon none of them: ONLY they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.) [Again
we see brand new believers who have been baptized in water in the
name of Jesus and not with just the baptism of John the baptist who have not
yet RECEIVED the INFILLING of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of
speaking in OTHER TONGUES.]

17. Then laid they their hands on them, and
they RECEIVED the Holy Ghost. (Here
we see for the first time the laying on of hands for believers to be
FILLED with the Holy Spirit. And it appears that the they means ALL of them RECEIVE the Holy Spirit BELIEVING the words of the prayer of Peter and John. We know that in the church TODAY people to do NOT always BELIEVE and ONLY those who BELIEVE receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speak in other tongues. But again HOW do we know that they at Samaria RECEIVED the Holy Spirit? Read the next verse and you will see that
Simon SAW that when the apostles land their hands on them that they
RECEIVED that Holy Spirit. Well the Holy Spirit cannot be SEEN so
obviously Simon HEARD them speak with OTHER TONGUES, which was the
VISIBLE EVIDENCE on the Day of Pentecost.)

18. And when Simon SAW that through laying
on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he
offered them money,

19. Saying, Give me also this power, that
on whomsoever I lay hands, he may RECEIVE the Holy Ghost.

20. But Peter said unto him, Your money perish
with you, because you have thought that the GIFT of God may be
purchased with money. (now
the GIFT that Simon was trying to buy with money was the LAYING on of
hands so that whosoever HE laid hands upon would RECEIVE the Holy
Spirit. It is doubtful that Simon received the Holy Spirit to be
filled, because the motive of his heart.)

21. You have neither part nor lot in this matter:
for your heart is NOT RIGHT in the sight of God.

22. Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and
pray God, if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

23. For I
perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of
iniquity. (meaning
that Simon loved the praise of men more than he loved God. This pride
was keeping Simon to commit fully to Jesus. He want men to glorify
him more than giving the glory to God and his Son Jesus)

24. Then answered
Simon, and said, Pray you to the Lord for me, that none of these
things which ye have spoken come upon me.”

Again we are not
SPECIFICALLY told that these new believers SPOKE in OTHER TONGUES,
but we do know for sure that Simon SAW some visible EVIDENCE that
these new believers were indeed FILLED with the Holy Spirit and the
only evidence we know for sure is found in Acts 2:4 where they HEARD
them SPEAK in OTHER TONGUES. So for ME, it is obvious that these new
believers SPOKE IN TONGUES after RECEIVING the Holy Spirit. Let us
move on to the next place where we see new believers receive the Holy
Spirit. Please read Acts 9:10-18, where God sends a believer in Jesus
to Saul, who is later called Paul, to heal him and pray for him to be
FILLED with the Holy Spirit.

“And there was
a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the
Lord in a VISION, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

11. And the Lord
said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called
Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of
Tarsus: for, behold, he prays, (So
Saul, or Paul here is praying to God after being blinded by the great
light encountering a vision of Jesus rebuking him for persecuting the
church and thus persecuting Jesus himself
by persecuting his body on the earth.)

12. And has seen
in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on
him, that he might receive his sight. (so
while praying Paul sees a vision from God.)

13. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by
many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at
Jerusalem:

14. And here he
has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on your
name.(Now
please understand that I am NOT teaching to QUESTION God, but rather
the Bible ITSELF does teach us to TRY the spirits to see whether they
are of God. Ananias had a real concern here, because this man KILLS
believers in Jesus. God did not strike Ananias for question him, but
rather went on to explain why he is sending Ananias to
Paul)

15. But the Lord
said unto him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to
bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of
Israel:

16. For I will show him how great things he must
suffer for my name's sake.

17. And Ananias went his way, and entered into
the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul (Ananias
calls Saul BROTHER, because Jesus has just told him in a vision that
he is a chosen vessel meaning that Saul answered the CALLING of Saul
to repent. So Saul is already a BELIEVER in Jesus who is OBEY what
Jesus told him to do. This is why Ananias calls him BROTHER Saul)
the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto you in the way as you came,
has sent me, that you might receive your sight, AND be FILLED
with the Holy Ghost.

18. And immediately there fell from his eyes as
it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and
was baptized.”

Now it appears obvious to
me that since Saul was IMMEDIATELY healed that Saul was ALSO
IMMEDIATELY FILLED with the Holy Spirit AND spoken in OTHER TONGUES just like the believers on the Day of Pentecost. This verse says he was
BAPTIZED, which can be interpreted he was baptized in the Holy Spirit
or he was baptized in water. OR perhaps it means BOTH. I myself take
it to mean that Saul was baptized in water AFTER being BAPTIZED or FILLED with the Holy Spirit when Ananias land hands on him and prayed for him to be healed. In other words, I personally believe
that Saul was FILLED with the Holy Spirit the very SAME moment that
he was healed of blindness. Again where is the EVIDENCE? Are we specifically told that Saul
spoke in OTHER TONGUES at the very moment he was healed. This verse
does not say, but we KNOW that Saul later called Paul spoke in OTHER
TONGUES more than the Corinthian church. So WHEN did Paul FIRST speak in OTHER TONGUES? AGAIN it SHOULD be OBVIOUS to all believers that Paul spoke in tongue just the first 120 believers on the Day of Pentecost, which is WHEN they were FILLED with the Holy Spirit. So over and over we are seeing the CONNECTION that was OBVIOUS the the early church believers that SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES was the EVIDENCE of being FILLED with the Holy Spirit.

Please read 1 Corinthians
14:18 where Paul is speaking teaching us that he SPEAKS in OTHER TONGUES.

“I thank my God,
I speak with TONGUES more than you all:”

So again we KNOW that Paul was
FILLED with the Holy Spirit, because he SPOKE in OTHER TONGUES. NO one in the BIBLE is ever said to have spoken in other tongues WITHOUT the CONNECTION of them being FILLED with the Holy Spirit as the SPIRIT gave them UTTERANCE. In
fact Paul said that he would that ALL believers speak in OTHER
TONGUES but in the church they should do it in an ORDERLY manner and
not all at once creating confusion to the unlearned non believers who
have no idea what is being said. Please read 1 Corinthians 14:1-6.

“Follow after
charity, and DESIRE spiritual gifts, but rather that you may
prophesy. (Speaking
in tongues is a spiritual gift. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a
spiritual gift. Speaking in other tongues COMES with the BAPTISM of the Holy Spirit, It is a PACKAGE deal, so to speak. A true believer cannot speak in other tongues WITHOUT the Holy Spirit GIVING them the utterance. Paul is NOT saying for us NOT to desire the baptism
of the Holy Spirit and to speak in other tongues. But rather Paul at
this moment in time is TEACHING the PROPER USE of speaking in other
tongues IN THE CHURCH and he is saying that PROPHESYING would be
perhaps a better gift for us to use IN the CHURCH unless one seeks the gift of
INTERPRETING other tongues as well. And then the tongue with the interpretation would be EQUAL to prophesy and maybe even greater in some instances. But most of all Paul is teaching
us that we can have EVERY spiritual gift there is and if we have NOT
LOVE then it profits us or other nothing. So Spiritual gifts can and
are at times ABUSED and misused by good well meaning Christians in the church of today just as they were in the Corinthian Church of the first century And
this is one of the reasons why some Christians refuse to accept the
truth of the whole word of God that being FILLED with the Holy Spirit
and speaking in other tongues IS INDEED for the church today. ALL the see is the ABUSE and MISUSE and thus throw the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. But the TRUTH of the matter is that Paul's desire was for ALL believers to SPEAK in other tongues. So like
Paul I would that ALL believers SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES as the Holy Spirit gives them utterance and be
continually filled over and over with the Holy Spirit praying every
day in the Holy Spirit building up your most holy faith.)

2. For he
that speaks in an UNKNOWN
TONGUE speaks
NOT unto MEN,
but unto God:
for NO
MAN UNDERSTANDS him;
howbeit in the spirit he speaks mysteries.(one translation
says he speaks divine SECRETS to God. The main point is that speaking
in other tongues WITHOUT INTERPRETATION should NOT but done IN the
church disrupting the TEACHING. Paul teaches that we should indeed
pray in tongues IN CHURCH, but to do it QUIETLY to ourselves
whispering our prays to God making intercession so we will NOT
disturb the preaching and teaching of God's word.)

3. But he that prophesies speaks unto men to
edification, and exhortation, and comfort. (In
other words, if a believer is moved upon by the Holy Spirit to
PROPHESY during the preaching or teaching, then Paul is saying that
this is alright, because others can UNDERSTAND what you are saying.
Paul is NOT forbidding the speaking of tongues in church services IF
the are spoken QUIETLY or one INTERPRETS so all can UNDERSTAND.)

4. He that speaks
in an unknown tongue EDIFIES HIMSELF; but he that prophesies edifies
the church. (So
again Paul is saying IN THE CHURCH we are to EDIFY OTHERS and be
edified by the TEACHING and the SPIRITUAL GIFTS that EDIFY the church
such as prophecy. Remember that Paul is dealing with the SPEAKING
gifts at this moment in his teaching. Everything cannot be taught at
the exact same time and Paul's FOCUS is one the speaking gift at this
moment. So like Paul said when he was dealing with the PROPER way to
partake of communion he said you have your OWN house to eat and be
full. So in like manner Paul is saying STIR UP this spiritual gift
that is within you to pray, sing, speak, and shout out loud in other
tongues praising and magnifying God in your own homes. BUT in the
CHURCH do is QUIETLY among yourselves so you do not disturb the
preaching and teaching of God's word, UNLESS you give the
INTERPRETATION or know that another believer is present who has the
gift of INTERPRETATION. All Paul is doing here is teaching the PROPER
USE of speaking in other tongues and is in no way forbidding the use
of tongues in the church. Some church have SPECIAL meetings for
praying and making intercession in other tongues for those who speak
in tongues and for those who DESIRE the baptism of the Holy Spirit
and speaking in other tongues.)

5. I
would that YOU ALL spoke with tongues,
but rather (in
the church when teaching and preaching is the focus. Paul is saying
PLEASE UNDERSTAND dear child of God that I am NOT coming down on you
for speaking in other tongues. I WANT you to speak in other tongues.
I DESIRE that you edify yourself praying in the Holy Spirit. I
ENCOURAGE you to pray in the Holy Spirit whereby you BUILD UP you
most holy faith. I speak in other tongues MORE than all of you put
together. I pray in my own understanding AND I pray in the Spirit,
and I WOULD that YOU ALL do the same, but IN the church we are here
to edify ALL who come together. So this is why I am teaching you that
IN the church I would)that
you prophesied(so
ALL can UNDERSTAND you): for greater is
he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, EXCEPT
he INTERPRET, that the
church may receive edifying. (So
here Paul is saying that tongues is equal to prophesy IN the church
so long as they are INTERPRETED so ALL can understand what is being
said and be EDIFIED. And as I said before tongues WITH the interpretation can be greater than prophesy in some cases. For example I have heard testimonies where ONLY tongues were given with NO interpretation and a NON believer came up to speak the one who spoke in TONGUES and asked he he KNEW what he was going through. And he answered what do you mean and he said when you stood up in church and spoke every word you said was just like it was directed to me so how do you know. Then the one who spoke in tongues said, you mean you understood what I said and he answered back why wouldn't I you were speaking my native language. And he spoke to him in his native language expecting him to understand, but he perceived right away that he was not understand a word he was speaking. So he asked him how is it that you spoke my language earlier and now you do not understand a word I am saying. Then the believer EXPLAINED speaking in other tongues was a GIFT of God as a SIGN to unbelievers. By the end of their conversation this NON believer gave his life to the Lord. Now consider a believer speaking in tongues and another believer giving the interpretation while a non believer speaks that language and wonders how BOTH knew his of her heart that NO man could possibly know yet TWO people have somehow come to know what was in his heart. Anyway Paul is saying prophesy EXCEPT your speaking in other tongues is INTERPRETED so the whole church can be edified or someone in the church can profit other than the one speaking in other tongues)

6. Now, brethren,
if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit YOU,
except I shall speak to you either by revelation (meaning
except I INTERPRET or I reveal to you what I am speaking to you in other
tongues or what God has shown me in a
dream or vision or from his word.), or by
knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?”

Let us take a moment to
look at WHY those who do NOT speak in other tongues FORBID speaking
in other tongues in THEIR church denomination. I mean WHAT REASON do
they give to SUPPORT such a teaching that the tongues in the church
of today is OF the DEVIL and NOT of God? What SCRIPTURAL evidence do they give for dogmatically demanding that ALL the GIFTS of the Holy Spirit have CEASED with the death of the last apostle, who was John?

Here is the stand ALONE one isolated verse of scripture that they use to TRY and support that speaking in
other tongues has CEASED and therefore tongues and the gifts of the
Holy Spirit are NOT for the church of today.

Please read 1 Corinthians
chapter 13 where Paul is teaching us about LOVE or CHARITY as it is
translated in the King James Version of the Bible.

“Though I SPEAK
with the TONGUES of men AND of ANGELS(So
Paul is saying that he not only has been FILLED with the Holy Spirit
with the EVIDENCE of speaking in OTHER TONGUES, which includes
speaking in the LANGUAGE of the ANGELS and the LANGUAGE of God, but
that he also has the GIFT of speaking in DIVERS tongues, which means
speaking in many different LANGUAGES of men all over the world. But Paul does not stop here and goes on to say that even though he has hypothetically all
the spiritual GIFTS from God), and have NOT charity
(or LOVE, then),
I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. (Paul is NOT actually saying that he has EVERY gift of God, but rather hypothetically saying IF or THOUGH any believer would have ALL the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and does NOT have LOVE then he or she is NOTHING, because faith WORKS by LOVE. If you do NOT have LOVE you will not WORK, you will NOT feed the poor help someone in need without LOVE the greatest gift of all)

2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all
faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have NOT charity (or
LOVE, then), I am nothing. (Paul is saying if one
has ALL the gifts God has to give and he or she has NOT LOVE, then
they are NOTHING, they are no profit to themselves nor to others. (So
do NOT be like Simon the sorcerer who desired spiritual gift to
glorify HIMSELF as if HE were something. But rather desire spiritual
gifts to help OTHER for the glory of God.)

3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the
poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have NOT charity,
it profits me NOTHING.

5. Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks NOT her
own, is not easily provoked, thinks NO evil;

6. Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the
truth;

7. Bears all things, believes all things, hopes
all things, endures all things.

8. Charity never fails: BUT whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they
shall cease;(But
WHEN will tongues cease? Keep reading the context.)
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10. But WHEN that which is PERFECT is COME, THEN
that which is in part shall be done away.

11. When I was a child, I SPOKE as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man,
I put away childish things.

12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but
THEN face to face: now I know in part; but THEN shall I know even as
also I am known.

13. And now abides faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity.”

Now those who teach
against speaking in other tongues INTERPRET the "WHEN that which is
PERFECT COMES" as being the Bible in its written form specifically
speaking of WHEN the NEW Testament was completed, because the Old Testament had already
come.

However, when we truly
consider the WHOLE context we see that PROPHECY shall fail AND KNOWLEDGE will pass away as well at the SAME TIME of the "WHEN that which is perfect is COME." Therefore the "WHEN that
which is PERFECT is COME" cannot possibly mean the Bible or the completion of the New Testament, because the
Bible ITSELF in the NEW Testament teaches us that at the very end of the last days during
the time of great tribulation right before Jesus comes again God will
give power to his two witnesses to PROPHESY for 1260 days or for 3 ½
years.

Please read Revelation
11:3.

“And I will give
power unto my two witnesses, and they shall PROPHESY a thousand two
hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Also KNOWLEDGE has not
passed away yet either for the Bible ITSELF in the NEW Testament teaches us that ALL
scripture is good for doctrine or TEACHING, for REPROOF, for
CORRECTION, and INSTRUCTION in righteousness, which is speaking of gaining more KNOWLEDGE and understanding FROM the NEW Testament. So again it is nonsensical to teach that KNOWLEDGE CEASED WHEN the NEW Testament was complete, because the New Testament gives us more knowledge and greater understanding of the Old testament.

Please read 1 Timothy
3:16,17.

“All scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17. That the MAN of God may be PERFECT,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”

So again the INTERPRETATION of those who do NOT speak in other tongues to try and support THEIR man made doctrine simply make no sense whatsoever in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of God. Notice in verse 17 we see the word PERFECT referring back to the MAN of God being made PERFECT. Now I suppose that one
could INTERPRET the "WHEN that which is PERFECT is COME" to be the
believer IN Jesus Christ when he or she reaches PERFECTION IN this PRESENT world by KNOWLEDGE from the Bible, but what
Christian would ever say that they are PERFECT IN this PRESENT world, and therefore they do
not NEED to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, nor do they NEED the GIFTS of the
Spirit. But wait a minute. IF SO BE they INTERPRET MAN becoming PERFECT by KNOWLEDGE of the BIBLE, they still yet contradict that KNOWLEDGE passes away at the SAME time "WHEN that which is PERFECT IS COME". So MAN being PERFECT now in this PRESENT world is NOT the correct INTERPRETATION either. Besides most FALSE teaches who say they are PERFECT also say that THEY do NOT need the Bible either.

Now some interpret the "WHEN that which is PERFECT is COME" as the second coming of Jesus,
which is a correct understanding, in that, WE who are believers NOW
will no longer need prophesy, speaking in other tongues and to be
taught of the Lord. But those who go into the 1000 year reign of
Jesus IN their MORTAL body will indeed be TAUGHT of the Lord until he who is PERFECT will
descend down out of heaven to tabernacle with mankind after ALL the
wicked have been destroy in the lake of fire. This one who is PERFECT
is of course Almighty God the Father HIMSELF. So it truth, KNOWLEDGE as being understood as the TEACHING of the LORD GOD THE ALMIGHTY who is the Father alone will NOT actually cease until AFTER the 1000 year reign of Jesus and all the WICKED have been destroyed once and for all eternity in the lake of fire. So it truth there will still yet be the INFILLING of the Holy Spirit during the 1000 year reign of Jesus and most likely speaking in other tongues as well for WHY would God CHANGE the sign of the evidence of being FILLED with the Holy Spirit in the world to come for those who will be in their MORTAL bodies?

But for US as believers in Jesus as the SON OF God NOW speaking of tongues most likely will CEASE withe the second coming of our PERFECT Lord Jesus AND with OUR being made PERFECT as well AT the second coming of Jesus. Let us move on and we will come back to this in a moment.

Certainly Paul was NOT
saying that he himself was PERFECT when he said in verse 11,

“When I
was a child, I SPOKE as a child, I understood as a child, I thought
as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things”

The only reason I say that Paul was NOT saying that HE was PERFECT when he became a MATURE Christian, because some Christians INTERPRET
this verse to mean that when Paul MATURED in the Lord he became
PERFECT and therefore he put away speaking in other tongues, which THEY INTERPRET as being CHILDISH
and NOT for MATURE Christians. But this cannot possibly be the
CORRECT meaning of this verse, because in the very next chapter we
STILL see Paul SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES. So Paul is NOT saying that a MATURE Christian does NOT speak in other tongues. THINK this through for yourself dear child of God. Paul teaches us NOT to FORBID speaking in OTHER TONGUES so why would he say it is a CHILDISH thing? Even if this were a correct interpretation, which it is NOT then Paul would be saying for ALL believer to SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUE UNTIL you become a PERFECT MATURE Christian. But yet NONE of those who teach against speaking in other tongue SPEAK in other tongues. And seeing that the sign or the evidence of being FILLED with the Holy Spirit, then that means that those Christians who speak AGAINST speaking in other tongues have NOT ever been FILLED or BAPTIZED with the Holy Spirit.

Please understand that I am NOT saying that they do NOT have the INDWELLING of the Holy Spirit, but rather that they have never been FILLED to overflowing where the Holy Spirit pours out of them and UPON them and they SPEAK with other tongues. Now I am sure that some believers have ALMOST been full to overflowing feeling the awesome presence of god all over them, but the stop short by FEARING to speak in other tongues dud to what they have PREVIOUSLY been taught by their church denomination. Sometimes I wonder if it is better that a believer not be taught anything expect when I lay mys hands on you and pray you WILL be FILLED with the Holy Spirit. And then like when we lay hands on the sick and pray in the name of Jesus be you healed we WAIT and if they are not healed we keep rebuking that sickness UNTIL the receive their healing. When Jesus prayed for the blind man he ask if he could see and when he said I see men like trees Jesus prayed AGAIN until he could see CLEARLY. This reminds of the testimony of Smith Wigglesworth who went into a funeral home took a man OUT of the casket and stood him up against a wall holding him while he pray LIVE in the name of Jesus and when he let go then man fell dead on the floor. So he picked him up again and again praying the same way UNTIL the man was raised for the DEAD. So sometimes I think we give up too soon for reason of lack of FAITH.

Once again the truth of the matter is
that NONE of us will be made PERFECT until we see Jesus FACE to FACE
and then we shall be LIKE HIM for we shall see him as he IS, which is
speaking of Jesus being IN his PERFECT glorified IMMORTAL state in
whom his God and Father is well pleased.

Please read Hebrews
11:39,40 and 1 John 3:2,3.

Hebrews 11:39,40.

“And these all,
having obtained a good report through faith, received
NOT the promise:(speaking
of their new glorified immortal bodies of flesh and bone like
Jesus has now.)

40. God having
provided some BETTER thing for us, that they WITHOUT US should NOT be
made PERFECT.”

In other words, ALL
believers, who have endure unto the end and are found to be that good and
faithful servant in Jesus, will be made PERFECT AT the SAME TIME at
the SECOND coming of Jesus WHEN that which is PERFECT is COME meaning
BOTH Jesus and US for we shall be like Jesus when we SEE him as he
IS.

Now read 1 John 3:2,3.

“Beloved, now
are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall APPEAR, we shall be like him; for we
shall see him as he is. (or
see him FACE to FACE)

3. And every man that has this hope in him
purifies himself, even as he is pure.”

Now if Jesus himself needed to be filled with the Holy Spirit to be EMPOWER to over come sin and
live his life without sin, then what makes you think that you can live
your live free form sin WITHOUT being ENDUED with POWER from on high? Remember that those ENDUED with power from on high SPOKEN in OTHER TONGUES when they were FILLED with the Holy Spirit and power from on high. yes all believers have been given power in the NAME of Jesus, but the WHOLE word of God makes it pretty clear that the power of the GIFTS of the Holy Spirit are only given to those believers who have been FILLED with the Holy Spirit. My point for now is that Jesus lived his life WITHOUT SIN by or THROUGH the Holy Spirit who DWELT IN him.

Please read Hebrews 9:14.

“How much more
shall the blood of Christ, who THROUGH the eternal Spirit offered
himself WITHOUT spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God?”

This verse is saying that
Jesus himself overcame sin THROUGH the POWER of the ETERNAL Holy
Spirit who DWELT IN him. And Jesus told his disciples to WAIT in
Jerusalem UNTIL they be ENDUED with POWER from on high.

Please read Acts 1:1-9 and
Luke 24:49.

Acts 1:1-9.

“The former
treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began
both to do and teach, (In
other words, Jesus BEGAN to teach all that God himself would CONTINUE
to teach them by the INDWELLING fullness of
the Holy Spirit)

2. Until the day
in which he was taken up, after that he THROUGH the Holy Ghost had
given COMMANDMENTS unto the apostles whom he had chosen: (In
other words, Jesus taught his disciple only what his God and Father
taught him to teach. To say this another way the Holy Spirit DWELLING
IN Jesus told him what to do and say and Jesus OBEYED all his god and
Father commanded him to do and teach.)

3. To whom also
he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining
to the kingdom of God:

4. And, being
assembled together with them, COMMANDED them that they should NOT
depart from Jerusalem, but WAIT for the PROMISE of the Father, which,
said he, you have heard of me. (So
being FILLED with the Holy Spirit was NOT and OPTION with the
disciple of Jesus. Yes they could have disobeyed this command of
Jesus for them to tarry or wait in Jerusalem UNTIL they be ENDUED
with POWER from on high, but they did not and by their obedience they
were ALL baptized in the Holy Spirit and SPOKE in OTHER TONGUES as
the Holy Spirit gave them the utterance.)

5. For John truly
baptized with water; but you shall be BAPTIZED
with the Holy Ghost not many days
hence.

6. When they therefore were come together, they
asked of him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel?

7. And he said unto them, It is not for you to
know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own
power.

8. But
you shall RECEIVE
POWER, AFTER
that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: (You
see dear child of God, they were already saved, they already believed
that Jesus died for they sins and that God raised his Son from the
dead. They already believed that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the
living God. But what they LACKED was POWER to be witnesses for Jesus.
The word witnesses here also carries the meaning of being a MARTYR
for Jesus) and you shall be witnesses unto me both
in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost part of the earth.

9. And when he had spoken these things, while
they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their
sight.”

Now please read Luke
24:49.

“ And, behold, I
send the PROMISE of my Father UPON you: but tarry you in the city of
Jerusalem, UNTIL you be ENDUED with POWER from on high.”

Remember when Jesus said
to his disciples that they could NOT follow him now or yet and Peter
said Lord I will lay down my life for you. Then Jesus said WILL
YOU??? Nay you will deny me three times before the cock crows. But
because I go to PREPARE a PLACE for you, then YOU can be where I am
NOW. Meaning being FILLED with the Holy Spirit and POWER. Jesus went
on to say the Holy Spirit is WITH you NOW, but he shall be IN you
because I go to the Father.

The PLACE Jesus was
preparing for us was a CLEANSE vessel so that we could be ENDUED with
POWER from on high by the INDWELLING of the Holy Spirit when his
FULLNESS comes UPON us overflowing OUT of us given us the UTTERANCE
to speak in OTHER TONGUES. Please read the study “THE POWER AND THE
AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER!” for all the verses showing that our
MANSION is the DWELLING of the Holy Spirit IN us to EMPOWER us to
live our lives without sin and do the miraculous works Jesus did
THROUGH the SAME eternal Spirit who DWELT IN him. So i ask you, are you BETTER and GREAT than you master Jesus? Of course not! The WHY do you RESIST the TRUTH by resisting to be FILLED with the Holy Spirit and SPEAK with OTHER TONGUES like the early church believers and believers all through the HISTORY of the church?

Now those who teach that
the GIFTS of Holy Spirit are NOT for the church today and that
SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES has CEASED and the tongues in the church
today are OF the DEVIL and NOT of God CLAIM that there is absolutely
NO evidence in church history of ANY believer speaking in other
tongues or even healing the sick EXCEPT those who were labeled as
HERETICS. They CLAIM that after the LAST apostle died that SPEAKING
in other TONGUES CEASED and therefore those speaking in other tongues
today are OF the DEVIL and NOT of God.

But what does the HISTORY
of the church ITSELF tell us? Here are some quotes from early church
writers all the way up to the FIFTH century who are NOT heretics, but
rather well know and highly quoter writers by ORTHODOX churches. The
apostle John was the last apostle to die and he died around 100 A.D.
The emphasis is mine:

A.D. 100 - Eusebius (Church
Historian):

Writing
to the preaching evangelists who were yet living, Eusebius says: "Of
those that flourished in these times, Quadratus is said to have been
distinguished for his prophetical gifts. There were
many others, also, noted in these times who held rank in the
apostolic succession... the Holy Spirit also wrought many
wonders as yet through them, so that as the Gospel was heard,
men in crowds voluntarily and eagerly embraced the true faith with
their whole minds."

A.D. 115-202 - Irenaeus:

Irenaeus
was a pupil of Polycarp, who was a disciple of the apostle John. He
wrote in his book "Against Heresies", Book V, vi.: "In
like manner do we also hear many brethren in the church who possess
prophetic gifts, and who THROUGH the Spirit speak all kinds of
languages, and bring to light, for the general benefit, the
hidden things of men and declare the mysteries of God, who also the
apostles term spiritual."

A.D. 300 - The Early
Martyrs:

The
early martyrs enjoyed these gifts. Dean Ferrar, in his book "Darkness
to Dawn" states: "Even for the minutest allusions and
particulars I have contemporary authority." He refers to the
persecuted Christians in Rome singing and speaking in unknown
tongues.

A.D. 390 - Chrysostom of
Constantinople:

Chrysostom,
Bishop of Constantinople, writes: "Whoever was baptized in
apostolic days, he straightway spoke with tongues, for since on their
coming over from idols, without any clear knowledge or training in
the Scriptures, they at once received the Spirit, not that they saw
the Spirit, for He is invisible, but God's grace bestowed some
sensible proof of His energy, and one straightway spoke in the
Persian language, another in the Roman, another in the Indian,
another in some other tongues, and this made manifest to them that
were without that it was the Spirit in the very person speaking.
Wherefore the apostle calls it the manifestation of the Spirit which
is given to every man to profit withal."

A.D. 400 - Augustine of
Hippo:

Augustine,
Bishop of Hippo, one of the four great fathers of the Latin Church
and considered the greatest of them all: "We still do what
the apostles did when they laid hands on the Samaritans and called
down the Holy Spirit on them in the laying-on of hands. It is
expected that converts should speak with new tongues."

Now Augustine of Hippo was
all the way into the FIFTH century STILL yet doing the works of the
apostles by laying hands on new believers to be FILLED with the Holy
Spirit EXPECTING them to SPEAK with NEW TONGUES, or OTHER tongues, or
UNKNOWN tongues, or to PRAY in the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of our
Lord God the Almighty gave them utterance.

But yet those who teach
AGAINST speaking in other tongues CLAIM that tongues have CEASED.
They CLAIM that the ONLY Christians who spoke in tongues after the
first century church or after 100 A.D. were HERETICS, but yet on
supporting any of THEIR church denominational doctrines they QUOTE
some of these very same well know church historian writers. And
Irenaeus is one of those very well known and highly respected early
church writers quoted by many ORTHODOX churches. Again the emphasis
is mine:

Irenaeus
Against Heresies, Book II, Chapter 32, section 4.

“Wherefore, also, those who are in truth His disciples, receiving grace from Him, do in His name perform [miracles], so as to promote the welfare of other men, according to the gift which each one has received from Him. For some do certainly and truly drive out devils, so that those who have thus been cleansed from evil spirits frequently both believe [in Christ] and join themselves to the Church. Others have foreknowledge of things to come: they see visions, and utter prophetic expressions. Others still, heal the sick by laying their hands upon them, and they are made whole. Yea, moreover, as I have said, the dead even have been raised up, and remained among us for many years. And what shall I more say? It is not possible to name the number of gifts which the Church, [scattered] throughout the whole world, has received from God, in the name of Jesus Christ,”

Irenaeus
Against Heresies, Book V. Chapter 6. section 1.

“We speak wisdom among them that are perfect, terming those persons “perfect” who have received the Spirit of God, and who through the Spirit of God do speak in all languages, as he used Himself also to speak. In like manner we do also hear many brethren in the Church, who possess prophetic gifts, and who through the Spirit speak all kinds of languages, and bring to light for the general benefit the hidden things of men, and declare the mysteries of God,”

Now had the apostle
John UNDERSTOOD 1 Corinthians 13:8 to mean that speaking in other tongues
would CEASE upon his death, then most certainly he would have TAUGHT
his disciple Polycarp to no longer speak in other tongues, because
after his death SATAN would take over and all tongues would be OF the
DEVIL and NOT OF God.

I mean HOW could John the very apostle of Jesus NOT
have understood that tongues would cease upon his death and fail to warn his
disciples to STOP laying hands on new believers to be FILLED with
the Holy Spirit EXPECTING them to speak in other tongues. HOW could the great apostle John who was given audience IN heaven to write teh book of REVELATION miss the INTERPRETATION of 1 Corinthians 13:8 to mean that we he died SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES being OF God would CEASE and then ALL speaking in tongues AFTER his death would be OF the DEVIL and NOT of God?

The TRUTH of the matter is that the INTERPRETATION of
1 Corinthians to mean that tongues CEASED when the NEW Testament was
completed is NOT the CORRECT meaning of that passage of scripture.
And this is why TRUE SOUND BIBLICAL speaking in other tongues
CONTINUE to this present day among true born again believers in Jesus
who are OBEYING the commandment of Jesus to be ENDUED with POWER from
on high to empower us to live our lives without sin and DO the SAME
works of healing and casting out devils and raising the dead that
Jesus did THROUGH the SAME eternal Holy Spirit who DWELT IN him. The truth of the matter is that a LOT of truth was lost during the dark ages of the church, but this does NOT mean that SOME believers all the way through the entire history of the church held fast to the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God.

So then dear child of God, seeing clearly that being
filled with the Holy Spirit with the EVIDENCE of speaking in other
tongues being EXPECTED continued all the way up to the FIFTH century
written down as CLEAR undeniable proof by one of the highly respected
early church writers who is quoted by the main stream ORTHODOX
churches, then does it not make sense to YOU that your denomination
has DECEIVED you to WRONGLY believe that tongues have CEASED with the
death of the last Apostle? There are bits and pieces of church writings that show believers still used the gifts of the Holy Spirit all the way through the history of the church which i may include further on in this study

But for now I implore you dear child of God to seek Almighty God
yourself on this matter laying aside what your church denomination
has dogmatically taught you to FEAR that tongues are OF the DEVIL.

HEAR the very words of Jesus HIMSELF!

Please read Luke 11:9-13.

“And I say unto
you, ASK, and it SHALL be GIVEN you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you.

10. For every one that ASKS RECEIVES; and he that
seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

11. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that
is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he
for a fish give him a serpent?

12. Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him
a scorpion?

13. If you then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children: how
much MORE
shall your heavenly Father GIVE
the Holy Spirit to
them that ASK
him?”

Do you believe the LIES of the devil MORE than you believe the words of Jesus himself. You do if so be that you FEAR that if you ask God for the Holy Spirit that you will RECEIVE an evil spirit of Satan and NOT the Spirit of God. Jesus
is saying all you have to do is ASK God and he SHALL GIVE you the
Holy Spirit, but he that ask let him or her ask in FAITH, because the
Bible also teaches us to NOT think that any man or woman who WAVERS
in FAITH that they should receive ANYTHING from God. Please read
James 1:6-8.

“But let him ASK
in FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. For he that wavers is like a wave of the
sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7. For let NOT that man THINK that he shall
receive ANY THING of the Lord.

8. A double minded man is unstable in all his
ways.”

Now the Bible teaches us
that we ALL have been given the SAME measure of FAITH, which means
the ability to BELIEVE so no one has a greater or lessor ability to
believe and therefore all are without excuse who do not CHOOSE to
believe in Jesus. The Bible also says that faith COMES by HEARING,
which means hearing ANYTHING whether it is the truth or whether it is
FALSE teaching. And HEARING comes by the word of God, which means
TRUE understanding comes ONLY from the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible,
meaning the WHOLE word of God and NOT just bits and pieces of the word of
God taken out of context and INCORRECTLY interpreted

So let us get back into
the WORD or TRUTH to build your FAITH so that YOU can be ENDUED with POWER
from on high by being BAPTIZED with the Holy Spirit to overflowing
upon you covering you with the presence of Almighty God to help you RELEASE your FAITH and speak out the utterance to speak in other tongues GIVEN to you by the Holy Spirit to
magnify God in the best way possible. Let us move on to the next place
new believers were FILLED with the Holy Spirit to see if they SPOKE
in OTHER TONGUES.

Please read Acts 10:38-48.

“How God
anointed (or
filled) Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and
with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was WITH him.
(by DWELLING IN his Son Jesus to EMPOWER his Son)

39. And we are witnesses of all things which he
did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew
and hanged on a tree:

40. Him God raised up the third day, and showed
him openly;

41. Not to all the people, but unto witnesses
chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him
after he rose from the dead.

42. And he commanded us to preach unto the
people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be
the Judge of quick and dead.

43. To him give all the prophets witness, that
through his name whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of
sins.

44. While Peter yet spoke these WORDS, (the
HEARERS BELIEVED on Jesus and)the Holy Ghost
fell on all them which heard the word.

45. And they of the circumcision which believed
were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on
the Gentiles also was POURED OUT the GIFT of the Holy Ghost.
(and HOW did they
KNOW that these Gentiles BELIEVED on Jesus and were FILLED with the
Holy Spirit?)

46. FOR (or
BECAUSE)they
HEARD
them SPEAK
with TONGUES,
and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

47. Can any man forbid water, that these should
not be baptized, which have RECEIVED the Holy Ghost as well as
we?

48. And he commanded them to be baptized in the
name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.”

Now of course Peter did NOT TEACH these Gentiles to receive the Holy Spirit
after they were saved. In fact these were the very FIRST GENTILES Peter ever preach to just then that very moment perceiving that God wanted them to hear about Jesus. Peter has received a vision form God and Cornelius had seen a angel after he had been fasting and praying. So after relating each others experiences with God Peter PERCEIVED that God was not a respecter of person. The PROMISE is to ALL that God
shall CALL and God is CALLING ALL of mankind, but ONLY those who
BELIEVE on his Son shall be SAVED and be CLEANSED so the Holy Spirit
can come and DWELL IN them.

Obviously these Gentiles
BELIEVED on Jesus to be cleansed of all their sin, because the Holy
Spirit will not dwell in an unclean vessel. CLEARLY they were FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the EVIDENCE of speaking in other tongues and they of the circumcision which were believers in Jesus were ASTONISHED for the HEARD them speak in other tongue just like of the Day of Pentecost. In other words, the Jewish believers in Jesus could not believe their EARS when these GENTILE believers RECEIVED the Holy Spirit, which they knew meant that God saved these Gentiles from the sins just as he has been saving the Jews from their sins. To say this any way the believers with Peter understood teh teaching of Jesus that God will NOT put his Spirit in UNCLEAN OLD vessels. Please read Mark 2:18-22.

“And the
disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come
and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees
fast, but your disciples fast NOT?

19. And Jesus
said unto them, Can the children of the bride chamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with
them, they cannot fast. (Jesus
is teaching of the NEW birth here being compared to the OLD covenant
showing that one's OWN works of righteousness will no longer patch
them up so to speak or cover their sins by
the works of the law.)

20. But the days
will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and
then shall they fast in those days.

21. No man also
sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that
filled it up takes away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
(again Jesus
is showing a separation from the OLD
covenant to the NEW covenant.)

22. And no man
puts NEW WINE wine into OLD bottles: else the new wine doth burst the
bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but
new wine MUST BE put into new bottles.”

In other word, Jesus is saying that the Holy
Spirit MUST be put in NEW VESSELS speaking of NEW born again
believers who have been cleanse by the shed blood of Jesus to become
a NEW creature in Jesus Christ. So if you have answered the CALL of
the gospel by BELIEVING on Jesus who died for your sins, then the
PROMISE of the Holy Spirit is given to YOU. If you have not been
FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the EVIDENCE of SPEAKING in OTHER
TONGUES, then simple ASK God to GIVE you his Holy Spirit and you
SHALL RECEIVE the Holy Spirit. EXPECT yourself to speak in other
tongues and do NOT FEAR receiving a false evil spirit from the devil. Almighty God the father will NOT ALLOW one of his NEW BORN child to receive a spirit of the DEVIL.

Can you not see my dear brothers and sister of our Lord Jesus Christ that the teaching of speaking in tongues in the church today is OF the DEVIL and NOT OF God is a doctrine of DEVILS, which has produce fear and doubt in the lives of believers bring CONFUSION and even unbelief in God's word FEARING that they might become possessed of the devil if they ask God to give the his Holy Spirit.

In truth the Holy Spirit
is ALREADY dwelling in you as a true born again believer, but you
have not yet been FILLED with the Holy Spirit UNTIL you experience
the evidence of SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES.

Please read Mark 16:14-19.

“Afterward he
appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided
them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they
believed NOT them which had seen him after he was risen. (I
implore you do NOT be upbraided by Jesus for NOT BELIEVING his word
taught to his disciples and NOW is being taught to YOU)

15. And he said unto them, Go you into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16. He that believes and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believes not shall be damned.

17. And these SIGNS shall follow them that
BELIEVE; In my name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with NEW TONGUES;

18. They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands
on the sick, and they shall recover.

19. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them,
he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.”

ALL of these SIGNS should
be in the life of every believer. Jesus did NOT say that these SIGN shall follow SOME that believe. Jesus said THEM the BELIEVE! So do you BELIEVE in JESUS? If you do, then THESE SIGN should be following YOU who BELIEVE. Now some believers do NOT BELIEVE in divine healing so therefore they will not EXPERIENCE god's BEST for them in this present world. Some Christians die needlessly because of THEIR UNBELIEF that God wants to HEAL them. Some believers do NOT BELIEVE in SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES so they will not experience God's BEST for them in this present world because of THEIR UNBELIEF. ALL these SIGNS take FAITH and do not fall
on us like ripe cherries falling off a tree. If you get bitten by a
poisonous snake you must BELIEVE that you will live and not die. If
YOU do NOT believe that no harm will come to you, then you will die
unless you get treated for that poison snake bite. The SAME is true
with ALL these SIGNS that SHOULD be in the life of EVERY believer in
Jesus.

It takes FAITH to receive
the FULLNESS of the Holy Spirit. Yes, in SOME cases like the FIRST
time God did indeed fill believers without them ASKING to be filled.

The FIRST time the Jewish
believers in Jesus were FILLED with the Holy Spirit were are not told to ASK God to receive the Holy Spirit, but they certainly
knew of this PROMISE and they were OBEYING the word of Jesus to WAIT
in Jerusalem UNTIL they were endued with power on high.

The FIRST time the
Gentiles BELIEVED the word God they were filled without them ASKING to be
filled. But what about all the other believers who were NOT filled with the
Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues at the very moment they were saved. Were THEY
not ASKED if they had RECEIVED the Holy Spirit since they believed?
Yes they were ASKED. Please read Acts 19:1-7.

“And it came to
pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through
the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

2. He said unto them (or
he ASKED them), Have
you RECEIVED
the Holy Ghost
since you BELIEVED?(This teaches us
that NOT ALL believers are FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the
evidence of speaking in other tongues AT the very moment they are
saved. Remember Saul or Paul was not filled with the Holy Spirit at
the very moment he was saved. It was only AFTER Paul BELIEVED God to
OBEY God to let Ananias lay hands of him and pray for Paul to be
FILLED with the Holy Spirit.) And they said unto
him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy
Ghost.

3. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye
baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

4. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the
baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should
believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

5. When they
heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
(they did not kick and fuss about it saying I have already been
baptized why do I need to be baptized again, but rather they BELIEVE
the word of God spoken to them and OBEYED
what God's WORD taught them to do. By OBEYING Paul's word to be
baptized in the name of Jesus showed that the BELIEVE Paul's words to
be FILLED with the Holy Spirit.)

6. And
when Paul had LAID
his hands upon them,
the Holy Ghost CAME
ON THEM;
and they SPOKE
with TONGUES,
and prophesied.

7. And all the men were about twelve.”

Now the best way to
receive the Holy Spirit is to have ANOTHER believer who HAS been
FILLED with the Holy Spirit and HAS spoken in other tongues and
BELIEVES himself or herself that when he or she LAYS hands on you and prays that you WILL receive the Holy Spirit with the evidence of SPEAKING
in OTHER TONGUES.

Can you not see my dear
brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, that SPEAKING in OTHER
TONGUES was the SIGN to believers that they were FILLED with the Holy
Spirit. Please read Acts 11:11-18.

“And, behold,
immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I
was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

12. And the Spirit bade me go with them,
nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me,
and we entered into the man's house:

13. And he showed us how he had seen an angel in
his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call
for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

14. Who shall tell you WORDS, whereby you and all
your house shall be saved.

15. And as I began to speak (these
men were ALREADY BELIEVING and expecting God to do something so Peter did not need to do any in depth
teaching to them. This shows us that HUNGER and READINESS to
RECEIVE God's TRUTH releases faith to RECEIVE from God), the
Holy Ghost fell on them, AS on us at
the beginning.(So
again Peter KNEW that the received the Holy Spirit by seeing or rather HEARING them SPEAK with OTHER TONGUES. You see dear child of God the EVIDENCE all the way through the book of Acts for being FILLED with the Holy Spirit has always
been SPEAKING in OTHER TONGUES just like at the BEGINNING, which
Peter LIKENS their being filled to those who believed on the Day of
Pentecost. And the EVIDENCE of being FILLED with the Holy Spirit at
the BEGINNING on the Day of Pentecost was SPEAKING in OTHER
TONGUES.)

16. Then
remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed
baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

17. For as much then as God (HIMSELF)
gave them the like GIFT as he did unto US, who believed on the Lord
Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God

18. When they heard these things, they held
their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the
Gentiles granted repentance unto life.”

Let us do a little review
to summarize a bit what we have covered thus far.

Basically there are three
MAIN teachings on this subject of speaking in other tongues, which I
will list in NO specific order.

#1. Speaking in other
tongues have CEASED.

#2. Speaking in other
tongues is OPTIONAL and NOT mandatory.

#3. Speaking in other
tongues is indeed for the church TODAY and Speaking in other tongues
is the EVIDENCE of being FILLED with the Holy Spirit. In other words,
ALL believers who are FILLED with the Holy Spirit WILL and DO speak
with OTHER TONGUES.

Now most every believer
does indeed that true born again believers in the early church spoke
in other tongues. But the CONTROVERSY arises most likely because of
the ABUSE and MISUSE of speaking in other tongues in the church
today. Therefore to some believers they FEAR that the SPEAKING in
other tongues today in the Pentecostal and Charismatic church is OF
the DEVIL and NOT of God.

If you remember we have
already covered teaching #1 saying that speaking in other tongues
have ceased. Basically other than JUDGING those whose speaking in
other tongues by their actions of shaking and trembling or appearing
drunk they only other argument they produce is 1 Corinthians 13:8-12
which they INTERPRET as tongues CEASING when the NEW Testament was
complete CLAIMING that the New Testament is the WHEN that which is
PERFECT is COME.

But as you have seen that
which is perfect is come is referring to both us as faithful
believers who will be made PERFECT WHEN our PERFECT Lord comes.

Also they CLAIM that the
ONLY believers who spoke in tongues after the apostle John died were
HERETICS. But again as you have already seen from historical early
church writings that THEY WITHHELD from you clearly show that many
believers all the way though to the FIFTH century SPOKE in other
tongues AND EXPECTED those who they laid hands on to receive the Holy
Spirit would SPEAK in other tongues as well. Let me just give you
that quote again.

A.D. 400 - Augustine of
Hippo:

Augustine,
Bishop of Hippo, one of the four great fathers of the Latin Church
and considered the greatest of them all: "We still do what
the apostles did when they laid hands on the Samaritans and called
down the Holy Spirit on them in the laying-on of hands. It is
expected that converts should speak with new tongues."

So then, it is OBVIOUS to
all who have eyes to see and ears to hear that teaching #1 Speaking in
other tongues have CEASED is a FALSE teaching and must be rejected.

Therefore since Speaking
in other tongues have NOT ceased this leaves us with two remaining
teachings.

#2. Speaking in other
tongues is an OPTION

#3. Speaking in other
tongues IS for the church today.

Now obviously BOTH
teachings #2 and #3 are correct, but only teaching #3 is God's BEST for us as
believers. What I mean by this is that speaking is other tongues is
not mandatory in order to be SAVED, because you MUST be saved BEFORE
you can be FILLED with the Holy Spirit and speak in other tongues.
And obviously some Christians who by making their OWN CHOICE NOT to
believe that tongues are indeed for the church today have OPTED OUT
so to speak to being FILLED with the Holy Spirit to speak in other
tongues FEARING that it is OF the DEVIL and NOT of God.

Well seeing that those in
the early church were FILLED with the Holy Spirit and spoke in other
tongues were NOT POSSESSED of the DEVIL, then WHAT CHANGED? The early
church believers on the Day of Pentecost were MOCKED as Christians
are today who speak in other tongues where those MOCKING said they
were DRUNK with new wine. So in the early church there were some who
did NOT believe that the display of appearing DRUNK was OF God as
they MOCKED these believers. You do NOT mock something that you believe is OF God. Those that MOCKED these believers who were FILLED with the Holy Spirit was NOT because they spoke in other tongue, but because they APPEARED to be DRUNK with wine.

Another verse in the Bible
likening believers who are FILLED with the Holy Spirit as being DRUNK
is Ephesians 5:17-20.

“Wherefore be
you NOT unwise, but understanding what the WILL of the Lord
is.

18. And be not drunk WITH wine, wherein is
excess; BUT be FILLED with
the Spirit;

19. SPEAKING to yourselves in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your
heart to the Lord;

20. Giving thanks always for all things unto
God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;”

So the WILL of the Lord is
for us to be DRUNK in the SPIRIT by BE BEING FILLED over and over
with the Holy Spirit SPEAKING to ourselves as the Spirit GIVES us the
UTTERANCE of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing in other
tongues and singing the interpretation of these spiritual songs.

Paul said in the
affirmative or the positive, I WILL speak or PRAY in my understanding and I WILL
speak or PRAY in other tongues ALSO. So by CHOICE of one's own WILL a believer who has already been FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the EVIDENCE of speaking in OTHER TONGUES can speak any time they choose or WILL as an act of their OWN WILL to pray in their own
UNDERSTANDING and NOT one believer would ever disagree with this. So why
would any believer disagree with speaking or praying in other tongues
by one's OWN choice by FAITH to pray in other tongues?

Please read 1 Corinthians
14:15.

“What is it
then? I WILL pray with the spirit, and I WILL pray with the
understanding also: I WILL sing with the spirit, and I WILL sing with
the understanding also.”

Now Paul in this case is
referring to speaking in other tongues IN the church and following up
by INTERPRETING what one speak or sings in other tongues with the
UNDERSTANDING ALSO. But any believer who has been FILLED with the
Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues is TAUGHT
in the word of God to STIR UP this GIFT that is within you, which to
me means that by FAITH Spirit filled believers can speak in other
tongues at WILL as an act of their own will any time they desire to pray in other tongues.

Please read 2 Timothy
1:6,7.

“Wherefore I put
you in remembrance that you STIR UP the GIFT of God, which is IN YOU
by the putting on of my hands.

7. For God has not given us the SPIRIT of FEAR;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

So you do NOT need to FEAR
that God will give you and EVIL spirit of the devil. God has NOT given you the SPIRIT of FEAR, but the Spirit of POWER and the Spirit of LOVE and the Spirit of a SOUND mind so USE that GIFT of the Holy Spirit which is DWELLING in EVERY believer.

If you have ALREADY been
FILLED with the Holy Spirit and have SPOKEN in OTHER TONGUES, then I
implore you to STIR UP that gift that is IN you to PRAY in other
tongues every day. As an act of your OWN WILL by FAITH begin to speak
in other tongues doubting nothing by rebuking the lies of the enemy
who does NOT want believers to get a hold of this TRUTH of stirring
up the Holy Spirit within us to PRAY in other tongues.

When the devils tries to
deceive you that you are just making up those words hold up the
shield of faith quenching all his fiery darts of lies. Continue by
FAITH to pray in tongues and the Holy Spirit WILL be stirred up and
give you fluent utterances in other tongues. As you grow in fluency
of praying in other tongues ask and BELIEVE God for the
INTERPRETATION and UNDERSTANDING and he will give you the gift of
interpretation.

If you have NOT yet been
FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other
tongues, then seek out a Pentecostal or Charismatic church and find a
believer who will LAY HANDS on you to be FILLED with the Holy Spirit
and BELIEVE that without fail you WILL be filled with God's Spirit
and speak in other tongues. I myself was filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongue is the Assemblies of God church, which I personally believe FOLLOWS the teaching of Paul to have ORDER in their church services as opposed to some Charismatic churches and the Oneness Pentecostal churches, which seem to be less ORDERLY.

Now you MAY or may not have to speak out the
utterance being given you by the Holy Spirit BY FAITH. Some believers are
instantly filled and they seem not to be able not to speak in tongues
and they just speak out freely. Others being more timid or even
fearful need to take that step of FAITH and just begin to speak out
what you feel are words from the Holy Spirit. By taking that step of
FAITH you are stirring up the Holy Spirit or more precisely you are
showing your faith and God honors faith.

Some believers FAIL to
receive, because that have gotten the wrong idea that the Holy Spirit
does the speaking FOR them, or that the Holy Spirit will makes them speak or that the Holy
Spirit takes over their tongue and causes them to speak.

The truth of the matter is
that the Spirit is subject to the prophet, in that, the believer has
a CHOICE to speak or not to speak. To say this another way the Holy
Spirit is NOT going to FORCE a believer to either speak in tongues or
prophesy. For whatever reason God himself has chosen for us to
prophesy by faith and to speak in other tongues by faith, and every
situation is different. Some receive instantly while some seek and seek taking weeks moths and even years while yet others seek all their life and never are FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. This is most likely due to INCORRECT teaching, which produces a lack of true faith. And sometimes believers never truly get over the fear that has been drilled into them by false teaching. Fear can hinder other gifts of the Spirit as well.

For example at times there is a strong
impression or unction from the Holy Spirit to prophesy and one may
perceive a few words that they feel very confident are from God, but
by FAITH they must speak them out first before God gives them the
rest of the prophecy. The same is true with speaking in other
tongues.

But at other times God
presence is so strong all over a believer so there is really no doubt
in them that the words they are perceiving are of God and they just
speak them out freely.

I wish I could say that
this is the way it is all the time, but with ME it was not so. I had
to fight the good fight of faith and THEN came the awesome presence
of God and more and more fluency came as I continued to pray in the
Holy Spirit every day beginning by FAITH stirring up the gift that in
dwelling in me.

So at FIRST my speaking in
other tongues was for the lack of a better way to explain it was
“BABY” speaking in other tongues in the same way that we are BABY
Christians when we are first born again and we have to GROW I the
Lord. I "BABBLED" just like other believers that are WRONGLY accused of speaking in tongue OF DEVILS and NOT of God. But I was TAUGHT to by FAITH the stir up the gift within me praying in other tongues every day and I OBEYED that teaching. The more I prayed in other tongues by FAITH stirring up the
gift that is within me the more and more fluent the other tongues
became. I never "BABBLED" again except for ONE time, but the babbling was different. Yet it still sounded FOOLISH to ME and the devil tried to deceive me that I was making up that foolish babbling. But as I have already told you at the beginning of this study in God's word that what SOUNDED like foolish babbling to ME God revealed later that it was indeed a LANGUAGE of MEN, the native bushmen is Australia.

Well before that time of intercession praying in other tongues for the bushmen in Australia I was praying and interceding for my family one by one I would pray in my UNDERSTANDING and then by
faith I would stir up the gift that is within me to pray in other tongues for each family member one by
one. After about three to fours hours praying this way for each family member one by one I started to
speak in a NEW tongue that I had never spoke in before and I
immediately recognized this language I was speaking in as being
Chinese. I stopped and said to the Lord, You KNOW my heart Lord and
you KNOW that I am praying for my family and there is no one in my
family who is Chinese. And the Lord spoke back to me saying that if I
would pray for what HE has need for NOW that he would raise up ten
thousand intercessors when I had need for them. I thought to myself
what a deal and returned to speaking in other tongues in Chinese for about
another four hours mostly travailing and agonizing in the
Spirit, which was new to me back then as I was just learning as the Holy Spirit was leading me, and I understood the Lord's
leading.

I continued to pray every
day as was my practice back then and every time I starting to pray in
tongues stirring up the gift that was in me I would pray in Chinese.
This continued for about two weeks and finally I felt a breakthrough
or victory where I rejoiced and sang in Chinese. Now I do not usually
watch the news but my wife had the news on as as I passed by I saw in
the news about Tiananmen Square incident in China and I knew in an
instant in my spirit that this is what I had been interceding praying
in the Spirit.

Through the years God has
used me many times interceding in the Spirit praying in many
different languages. Those i have RECOGNIZED are Spanish, German, Russian, French, Hebrew, and Chinese. I have prayed in many other languages as well, but not recognizing them and God has only reveal one of those languages I have not recognized as the language of the bushmen in Australia. Sometimes God has shown me WHAT I have prayed
for in other tongues. And something God has shown me WHO I have
interceded for in the Spirit praying in other tongues. But very few
times has God shown me BOTH what and who that he prompted me to
intercede for praying in other tongues.

I say prompted because not
always it was me who stirred up the Holy Spirit by FAITH beginning to
pray in other tongues, but rather God stirred ME up to pray. For you see their were many times that God
awoke me in the night with and urgency to pray. For who and for what
I had no idea, but by faith I obeyed and began to speak in other
tongues, sometimes all the way through to the morning, but every time
there came a VICTORY in my spirit with great rejoicing. So do not
give up until you reach that breakthrough and receive that JOY of
victory laughing and singing in other tongues rejoicing and praising God particularly if you travail and agonize in prayer as if you are experiencing what others are going through. It may be one of your OWN family members who you are praying for. There are many testimonies of God delivering people from tragic events and later they find out that a family member was praying FOR them at that exact moment they could have been killed or badly injured. Intercessory prayer is a serious matter and should not be taken lightly.

God still uses me in this
area, but not as much. Most of my time now is filled with writing
Bible studies such as this and ministering to people teaching them
God's word. I know in my spirit that God is HONORING his promise to
me to raise up intercessors in my behalf when I have need.

God is always faithful who
PROMISED and he has PROMISED YOU as a believer to GIVE you his Holy
Spirit to EMPOWER you to live your life without sin a do the very
same works of healing and casting out devils that his Son Jesus did
THROUGH the SAME eternal Holy Spirit who dwelt in him.

Thanks for reading. Be you
FILLED with the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus and may you
be always faithful to STIR UP his gift within you to pray in the Holy
Spirit every day building up your most Holy Faith just a Jude 1:17-23 teaches us.

"But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18. How that they told you there should be MOCKERS in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

19. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

20. But you, beloved, BUILDING UP yourselves on your most holy faith, PRAYING IN the Holy Ghost,

21. Keep yourselves in the LOVE of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22. And of some have compassion, making a difference:

23. And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh."